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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meal trains are sexist.  It’s assuming the man is unavailable to cook and help take care of his partner.  Participating in a meal train is enabling the patriarchy and the unpaid labor performed by women.  Instead of one woman cooking for another woman, the partner should step up and help take care of his family.

There are exceptions for women without a partner, disabilities, etc.

If your partner isn’t going to help provide you with food after the birth then you need to stay on birth control [/quote]

My husband did 100% of the cooking and 100% of the cleaning for at least the first 6 weeks while I struggled with trying to recover from a c-section and breastfeed and pump every 6 minutes.  He also woke up with me for every night feeding and took the baby for walks and did diapers and laundry.  He's an amazing partner and father, but he's still a person who gets tired, and when we were able to eat a ready-made meal (either pre-cooked by us in anticipation or dropped off by a lovely friend) it was a really nice break.

And I don't want to break your brain, but: not all of the lovely friends who made us meals were women.[/quote]

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